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Can i use fish tank drops to remove chlorine?

I know its probably not the best idea, but ive gotta do a reservoir change today and it probably holds over 100ltrs and theirs just no way I can store it and then get it upto the attic. So its gotta be hose piped straight up until I can sort things out.

I know this shud be in hydro but its quiet in their and i could really use some help guys and gals

How bad is the chlorine mate? Is it drinkable tap water, if so I wouldn't worry about it. If you can drink it then im sure you can grow a plant in it. Besides which, aeration and agitation of the water will soon dissipate it. Im not sure about using fish drops, i'd be worried they would interfere with the nutes same as it does with the chlorine.

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The Following User Says Thank You to prime For This Useful Post:

Cheers prime, Just tap water mate but everyone on here always lets their water stand overnight, but gettin the stupid amount of water my diy recirc dwc holds up into the loft is a nightmare, no fish drops then lol

Also while ive got such a respected hydro grower looking in ive got another question for ya if u be so kind, how has my e.c. gone up from 0.4(background e.c.) to 0.9 even tho ive added no nutes, only ph down and up(the silicone stuff) coz I put a bit too much down in, noob lol

can you not drain your system , put the water straight in and keep pumps off for a few hours till the chlorene dissapates and hand feed them ? you did,nt say what system you were using, sorry i see now your using dwc

The Following User Says Thank You to Murdock For This Useful Post:

Aup pie man its a home made recirculating dwc system, yeah I can syphon it out easy enuf, just that I was under the impression tap water shud be stood over night but i gotta hose pipe it straight up into the loft, the system holds about 100ltrs and is proving to be a logistical nightmare, hand feed is a good idea mate will about 6hrs be long enuf for the chlorine to dissipate?

only thing i can think of is you,ve added too much down then had to add up to get the right ph, see how it works after your res change, bring her down to 5.5 and let her sit there see how your ec is then

Same conclusion I came too pie man, only other thing I could think of was the root riot cubes have nutes in and it was that washing through but with such a big res it seemed unlikely, also I wasn't certain that silicone ph up even added e.c. lol so when ive got a fresh res in I'll add water not ph up if i put abit too much down in lol

Another question for ya then pie man(or anyone lol) leafs curling down with yellow tips that turn brown, any ideas?

sounds like a little nute burn, has your ec been getting higher rather than lower after 24 hours ? how old are plants ? the way i work it is starting off with a weak solution , say 0.4 ec then when it reads 0.3 then i know there taking nutes as well as water so i,ll take her up to 0.5 and so on if its reading 0.5 from 0.4 then i,ll add water to take her down to 0.3 until they are happy, maybe with your ec having such a big change laterly then thats probably the reason for it

The Following User Says Thank You to Murdock For This Useful Post:

Well they are 2 weeks from seed and 2 days ago I thought I'd give em their first taste of nutes as they were looking yellow and crap, so in went the truncheon and it was 0.9 which was confusing, so I posted on here and no reply so being a newb who really wanted to see some nice green new growth, i put in some ghe to take it up to 1.2, to high I know but with only 0.3 of that being feed I thought it would be ok till i put a fresh res in today, im such a tool.

Do you think I shud just change the res today and leave the nutes for a couple of days now ive cocked it up, my background e.c. is 0.4 btw

Btw ec has stayed the same , but I have been putting silicone in dont forget, also doesnt nute solution running through clay pebbles lower e.c, I got no roots in the res so shud I still see the plants using or putting nutes back? Really appreciate the help so far pal BIG help

i,d change the res if it was me and i,d set the ec 0.5/0.6 ec but don,t add ph to your water until you,ve added your nutes as the nutes usually buffer your ph level to a reasonable setting, i never use ph up or down as my nutes set it just nice

The Following User Says Thank You to B.A.BARACUS For This Useful Post:

Will do pie man and thanks again, stains what do you mean conditioner? Tropical fish tank stuff to remove chlorine and heavy metals? And I will leave it at near to 8 hrs as i can then because boiling 100ltrs of council pop is gonna be tricky lol

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